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1961 NL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
National Team W L WPct GB Montreal 114 48 .704 -- Pittsburgh 98 64 .605 16 New York (N) 95 67 .586 19 Brooklyn 93 69 .574 21 St. Louis 69 93 .426 45 San Diego 68 94 .420 46 Cincinnati 65 97 .401 49 Boston (N) 47 115 .290 67

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1)	Oakland Athletics over Montreal Expos
NL League Series (4-2)	Montreal Expos over Pittsburgh Pirates

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
MON	5.1	831	162	5655	1475	263	37	247	510	1044	.261	.322	.451	.773
PIT	4.9	789	162	5628	1505	248	33	231	415	995	.267	.318	.446	.764
NYG	4.9	789	162	5680	1536	263	35	221	427	882	.270	.321	.446	.767
BRK	4.6	744	162	5543	1463	206	36	157	524	1124	.264	.328	.399	.727
STL	4.3	697	162	5530	1416	237	37	169	440	1085	.256	.311	.404	.715
SDP	3.7	599	162	5484	1321	204	33	95	427	976	.241	.296	.342	.638
CIN	3.4	547	162	5479	1241	197	27	120	367	1003	.227	.275	.338	.613
BSN	3.0	494	162	5389	1194	216	29	83	461	1257	.222	.283	.319	.602
Totals	4.2	5490	1296	44388	11151	1834	267	1323	3571	8366	.251	.307	.394	.701
Average		686	162	5548	1394	229	33	165	446	1046

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
MON	3.3	534	162	2.91	1488.0	1306	8.1	418	2.6	1230	7.6	36
BRK	3.6	586	162	3.39	1456.0	1335	8.2	411	2.5	921	5.7	28
PIT	3.9	636	162	3.63	1468.3	1410	8.7	390	2.4	1069	6.6	29
NYG	4.1	672	162	3.73	1467.3	1381	8.5	442	2.7	1177	7.3	39
CIN	4.3	698	162	4.00	1449.7	1465	9.0	420	2.6	1045	6.5	21
SDP	4.6	747	162	4.23	1452.7	1508	9.3	507	3.1	870	5.4	23
STL	4.9	788	162	4.60	1425.7	1390	8.6	547	3.4	1089	6.7	27
BSN	5.3	860	162	4.91	1439.7	1540	9.5	492	3.0	890	5.5	20
Totals	4.3	5521	1296	3.92	11647.3	11335	8.7	3627	2.8	8291	6.4	223
Average		690	162		1456	1417		453		1036		28

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
MON	112	50	2	8	17	0	2	3	24	0.91	0.85	2,427,899		Hyram the Camel Jockey
BRK	98	64	-5	6	11	8	0	2	21	1.11	1.13	1,676,987		Ty Kubick
NYG	93	69	2	5	14	3	0	1	22	1.11	1.23	2,321,020		Matt Ida
PIT	97	65	1	4	11	2	9	0	9	1.03	1.04	2,286,059		Jay Zorn
SDP	65	97	3	1	14	0	0	1	12	1.01	0.85	1,331,518		Jamie D'Agostini
STL	72	90	-3	1	10	0	0	0	12	1.02	1.15	959,831		Joel Roltgen
BSN	43	119	4	0	12	0	0	2	15	1.03	1.06	1,088,142		Ben Thompson
CIN	63	99	2	0	7	0	8	0	3	0.90	0.86	754,574		Freddy Wills

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
MON	342	170.01	127.31	44.64	5.65	3.65	12.41	5.32	7.56	10.06
PIT	294	144.98	107.16	41.83	8.97	3.28	5.57	5.05	8.82	10.13
NYG	285	139.10	102.01	43.85	5.91	2.96	6.60	4.58	8.33	15.48
BRK	279	116.90	110.50	51.57	12.65	3.04	5.92	5.04	7.91	17.02
STL	207	119.60	58.03	29.34	8.66	2.36	2.21	4.35	3.89	7.89
SDP	204	88.97	75.91	39.09	8.73	3.52	4.62	2.83	6.61	12.79
CIN	195	79.02	74.72	41.23	1.70	2.98	6.59	8.18	10.91	10.90
BSN	141	56.67	52.23	32.07	5.65	1.82	7.59	3.28	4.93	8.81

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Hank Aaron	NYG	.340, 46 HR, 121 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Chuck Stobbs	PIT	30-10, 2.18, 375.3 IP, 292 K
Bronze Rookie:	Steve Hamilton	BSN	6-9, 2.97, 166.7 IP, 126 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Don Gross	SDP	1.000, 10 PO, 47 A, 0 E
C	Earl Battey	BRK	1.000, 777 PO, 37 A, 0 E 41.2% (14-34) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Ed Bouchee	BSN	.994, 1618 PO, 129 A, 10 E
2B	Gene Freese	MON	.986, 234 PO, 481 A, 10 E
3B	Tom Upton	BRK	.977, 96 PO, 330 A, 10 E
SS	Roy Smalley	SDP	.957, 182 PO, 510 A, 31 E
LF	Bob Allison	BRK	.965, 294 PO, 8 A, 11 E
CF	Richie Ashburn	SDP	.982, 331 PO, 4 A, 6 E
RF	Hank Aaron	NYG	.974, 255 PO, 8 A, 7 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Aaron NYG .340 Mathews BRK .330 Richardson NYG .309 Caffie PIT .304* Mantle BRK .304	On-Base Pct Mathews BRK .422 Mantle BRK .412 Aaron NYG .402 Bilko MON .389 Maris MON .383	Slugging Pct Mantle BRK .672 Aaron NYG .648 Bilko MON .624 Demeter PIT .594 Covington MON .570	OPS Mantle BRK 1.084 Aaron NYG 1.051 Bilko MON 1.013 Mathews BRK .982 Demeter PIT .954
XR Aaron NYG 130.0 Bilko MON 122.9 Mathews BRK 121.4 Mantle BRK 114.7 Demeter PIT 108.7	Games Allison BRK 159 Post NYG 159 Robinson SDP 158 Koppe BSN 157 Robinson BSN 157	At-Bats McDougald NYG 617 Banks PIT 591 Boyer MON 588 Mays PIT 586 Stuart CIN 579	Runs Aaron NYG 115 Bilko MON 115 Mathews BRK 108 Boyer MON 107 Mantle BRK 104
Hits Aaron NYG 196 Mathews BRK 185 Boyer MON 170 Koppe BSN 168 Maris MON 168	Total Bases Aaron NYG 374 Bilko MON 334 Demeter PIT 319 Boyer MON 316 Mathews BRK 314	Singles Richardson NYG 135 Upton BRK 134 Koppe BSN 133 Kubek BRK 128 Mathews BRK 123	Doubles Demeter PIT 37 Bouchee BSN 35 Aaron NYG 34 Pearson CIN 34 Mays PIT 33
Triples Robinson SDP 8 Battey BRK 7 Allison BRK 6 Banks PIT 6 Bartirome CIN 6	Homeruns Bilko MON 51 Mantle BRK 47 Aaron NYG 46 Demeter PIT 41 Mays PIT 38	RBIs Aaron NYG 121 Mantle BRK 121 Demeter PIT 114 Mays PIT 112 Bilko MON 111	Stolen Bases Wills PIT 48 Ashburn SDP 29 Robinson SDP 18 Reed SDP 13 Bond SDP 12
Caught Stealing Wills PIT 21 Caffie PIT 12 Ashburn SDP 10 Robinson SDP 9 Bartirome CIN 8	Walks Bilko MON 94 Mathews BRK 92 Mantle BRK 83 Sawatski NYG 79 Allison BRK 78	Strikeouts Serena BSN 188 Robinson BSN 170 Stuart CIN 166 Allison BRK 153 Banks PIT 144

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Stobbs PIT 2.18 Morehead BRK 2.28 Robinson NYG 2.41 Koufax MON 2.43 Brunet MON 2.60	Wins Stobbs PIT 30 Morehead BRK 25 Koufax MON 23 O'Toole MON 22 Robinson NYG 22	Losses Drott BSN 28 Garcia BSN 23 Jay CIN 23 Brewer CIN 22 Rudolph CIN 22	Winning Pct Hoeft MON .792 O'Toole MON .786 Brunet MON .760 Robinson NYG .759 Stobbs PIT .750
Saves Tiefenauer PIT 24 Jones BSN 17 Piche BRK 17 Collum NYG 15 Funk SDP 14	Games Pitched Collum NYG 100 Dailey STL 87 Raymond SDP 82 Poholsky CIN 81 Brosnan CIN 79	Games Started Robinson NYG 45 Antonelli NYG 44 Brewer CIN 44 Jay CIN 44 Stobbs PIT 44	Complete Games Friend BRK 29 Stobbs PIT 29 Rudolph CIN 24 Johnson PIT 16 Garcia BSN 14
Shutouts Stobbs PIT 5 Hoeft MON 4 Rudolph CIN 3 Friend BRK 2 Hobbie STL 2	Innings Pitched Stobbs PIT 375.3 Friend BRK 346.0 Garcia BSN 327.0 Antonelli NYG 323.3 Gibson PIT 321.7	Hits Allowed Friend BRK 368 Rudolph CIN 355 Garcia BSN 343 Stobbs PIT 327 Jay CIN 325	Homeruns Allowed Garcia BSN 56 Jay CIN 48 Drott BSN 43 Rudolph CIN 42 Donovan BSN 40
Strikeouts Koufax MON 333 Antonelli NYG 323 Spooner BRK 299 Robinson NYG 298 Stobbs PIT 292	Walks Allowed McDowell STL 131 Drott BSN 127 Garcia BSN 126 Antonelli NYG 111 Spooner BRK 105	Walks per 9IP Stobbs PIT 0.8 Hoeft MON 1.2 Friend BRK 1.2 Rudolph CIN 1.7 Morehead BRK 1.9	Hits per 9IP Spooner BRK 6.1 Brunet MON 6.2 Koufax MON 6.7 Hamilton BSN 7.0 Robinson NYG 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Koufax MON 10.1 Spooner BRK 9.4 Antonelli NYG 9.0 Brewer CIN 9.0 Sherry STL 8.6	WHiP Brunet MON 0.96 Stobbs PIT 0.96 Hamilton BSN 0.99 Morehead BRK 1.03 Robinson NYG 1.03	OAVG Spooner BRK .190 Brunet MON .193 Koufax MON .204 Hamilton BSN .211 Robinson NYG .216	OOBP Stobbs PIT .251 Brunet MON .253 Hamilton BSN .259 Robinson NYG .265 Morehead BRK .267
OSLG Koufax MON .287 Brunet MON .292 Stobbs PIT .306 Spooner BRK .328 Robinson NYG .329	OOPS Brunet MON .545 Koufax MON .556 Stobbs PIT .556 Robinson NYG .594 Spooner BRK .597

League All-Stars
Hank Aaron	Bob Allison	Ernie Banks
Earl Battey	Steve Bilko	Bob Bowman
Ken Boyer	George Brunet	Andy Carey
Wes Covington	Don Demeter	Frank Funk
Billy Hoeft	Sandy Koufax	Mickey Mantle
Eddie Mathews	Gil McDougald	Don Mossi
Jim O'Toole	Jose Pagan	Ron Piche
Humberto Robinson	Carl Sawatski	Karl Spooner
Chuck Stobbs

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Larry Doby	MON	$ 13,000,000
2.	Mickey Mantle	BRK	$ 12,000,000
3.	Bill Serena	BSN	$ 11,400,000
4.	Willie Mays	PIT	$ 11,080,000
5.	Chuck Stobbs	PIT	$ 9,250,000
6.	Gil McDougald	NYG	$ 9,000,000
7.	Hank Aaron	NYG	$ 8,840,000
8.	Karl Spooner	BRK	$ 8,750,000
9.	Eddie Mathews	BRK	$ 7,820,000
10.	Rocky Colavito	PIT	$ 7,500,000
11.	Humberto Robinson	NYG	$ 7,407,143
12.	Johnny Antonelli	NYG	$ 7,400,000
13.	Carl Sawatski	NYG	$ 7,220,000
14.	Steve Bilko	MON	$ 7,000,000
15.	Sandy Koufax	MON	$ 6,585,714
16.	Richie Ashburn	SDP	$ 6,500,000
17.	Joey Jay	CIN	$ 6,000,000
	Ernie Banks	PIT	$ 6,000,000
19.	Bob Friend	BRK	$ 5,990,000
20.	Bill Virdon	MON	$ 5,535,714
21.	Chico Carrasquel	BSN	$ 5,500,000
22.	Ken Boyer	MON	$ 4,900,000
23.	Frank Baumann	NYG	$ 4,614,286
24.	Roger Maris	MON	$ 4,521,429
	Wes Covington	MON	$ 4,521,429

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